ABOUT THE WRITER
Kate Evans is a freelance journalist originally from New Zealand. After studying journalism at the University of Sydney and international relations at the Australian National University, she worked as a multimedia journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for three years...and then ran off to West Africa armed with a video camera and a love of African dance. She is now a writer, filmmaker and photographer.
BY THIS WRITER
Event Coverage
- 26 Jan 2015
Voices of REDD+: Whose land is it, anyway? Tenure snags progress in Brazil
“I think sometimes politicians don’t see the importance their decisions have for us.”
Event Coverage
- 21 Jan 2015
Voices of REDD+: In Vietnam, payments alone can’t turn tide of deforestation
“Quite early on in the project we decided that the economics didn’t really add up.”
News
- 20 Jan 2015
For indigenous voices in land use, a seat at the table isn’t necessarily enough
Research in the Philippines illustrates the stark power imbalances many communities face.
Event Coverage
- 16 Dec 2014
Deal or no deal, experts upbeat on progress of REDD+ safeguards
“Our rights come first,” stressed Cándido Mézua Salazar, from the National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples of Panama.
Event Coverage
- 15 Dec 2014
Landscape approach could pave way to achieving SDGs: experts
As the world moves to implementation, clear measures of success will come to the fore.
Video Q&A
- 14 Dec 2014
Amid deforestation in Myanmar, growing discussions of REDD+ and rights
"We're trying to do awareness raising at the same time as trying to engage with the country's REDD+ process."
Video Q&A
- 14 Dec 2014
Big demand seen for landscape approaches in Africa, expert says
“I’m in heaven to see how you can have one single place where everybody thinks alike and considers the multiple benefits of landscapes.”
Event Coverage
- 11 Dec 2014
On forests and climate, diverse experts discuss road to Paris
“A two-degree climate change scenario is not possible without making real progress on sustainable landscapes,” argued Helen Clark.